Sneak Peak
The newspapers here can be pretty cutthroat.
This past week, word surfaced that South Africa's former deputy president was under investiagtion for allegedly raping an acquaintance, and as the story came out in dribs and drabs, each paper seemed to have a different take on the news.
By today, it was time for the weekend newspaper that had the scoop to crow about their victory... and get snarky with the rival paper that hadn't fought fair.
From today's Sunday Times:
After sneaking a peek at copies of the Sunday Times running off the presses we share with them in Sauer Street, Johannesburg, (something they're not really supposed to do), the Sunday Independent's editor rushed upstairs to change his front-page story. His newspaper ran a report denying "reports" that, technically, had still to be published.
The Sunday Independent's reporter even quoted "an ex-journalist" to call our report "rubbish". However, he failed to remind readers that this ex-journalist, one Ranjeni Munusamy, "who is assisting the Zuma camp", left us under a cloud two years ago.
Strangest of all: although the Sunday Times did not identify the woman who complained to the police about a rape, the Sunday Independent named someone who said she had not been raped.
The article is available in it's entirely here.
This past week, word surfaced that South Africa's former deputy president was under investiagtion for allegedly raping an acquaintance, and as the story came out in dribs and drabs, each paper seemed to have a different take on the news.
By today, it was time for the weekend newspaper that had the scoop to crow about their victory... and get snarky with the rival paper that hadn't fought fair.
From today's Sunday Times:
After sneaking a peek at copies of the Sunday Times running off the presses we share with them in Sauer Street, Johannesburg, (something they're not really supposed to do), the Sunday Independent's editor rushed upstairs to change his front-page story. His newspaper ran a report denying "reports" that, technically, had still to be published.
The Sunday Independent's reporter even quoted "an ex-journalist" to call our report "rubbish". However, he failed to remind readers that this ex-journalist, one Ranjeni Munusamy, "who is assisting the Zuma camp", left us under a cloud two years ago.
Strangest of all: although the Sunday Times did not identify the woman who complained to the police about a rape, the Sunday Independent named someone who said she had not been raped.
The article is available in it's entirely here.
posted by Erik at 4:38 pm
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